The Night Stalker Page #4

You're GOING to read it!

Yes, yes... alright. I'll read it...

Oh c'mon now. You're

a big, tough reporter.

You can take it. You might even get

a good feature article out of it.

Since the beginning

of man's existence...

...there have been

creatures of the night.

Crazed monsters that track the bloody prints

through the pages of fact and fiction...

...of them all, the vampire seems to have

accumulated the largest body of documentation.

...by night, the vampire is virtually

indestructible, fearing only the sign of the cross...

...before daybreak, he must return to his coffin, otherwise

he will be destroyed by the purifying rays of the sun...

...it is then, while he lies

dormant, he can be destroyed...

...by hammering a wooden

stake through his heart...

According to the legend,

...the victim of the vampire will

ultimately rise again as the living dead.

...and must be destroyed

in a similar manner.

From any source available,

the vampire must have blood.

Help!

Someone Help!

He's in there!

I was doing double duty as night editor,

when the PD squawk box went crazy...

...about a wild brawl

at the Old Town Hospital.

Thursday, May 27th, 8:20am...

and things were rolling.

Our morning edition hit the streets,

recapping all the action at the hospital.

The tv people, as usual,

had missed out completely.

And the radio stations were

literally reading our copy on the air.

But now the whole lid was really blown

off. The maniac had been identified.

Sorry I'm late. I just

got these out of the soup.

Now...

Here's the rundown on the Scotland

Yard and the Interpol findings:

Subject:
Janos Skorzeny

Born in Criesti, Romania, 1899.

Now wait just a minute.

You tryin' to tell me that

this guy's over 70 years old?

Come on, Bernie. Your boys

have come up with the wrong man.

Like hell we have!

These facts have been

triple checked and confirmed!

Now look:
I've been up all night and I'm

pretty tired. Now do you want it, or don'tcha?

Alright Bernie, just take it easy.

Let's hear it.

Alright.

Skorzeny's father died in 1923.

He left somewhere between

75 and 100 million dollars.

At this time he began to travel,

...and he became known throughout Eastern

Europe as a big lover of nightlife.

And we don't have a lot more

on him from before World War II.

However, Scotland Yard reports that he showed

up in England just in time for the German Blitz.

I'm sure Mr. Kolchak will find

the following facts of interest:

Such formality from a man

who always guzzles my beer.

While in England, he passed

himself off as Dr. Paul Belasco.

A specialist in Hematology Research,

...his work involved freshly killed air raid

victims from various London Emergency Rooms.

As a matter of fact, at his

residence at Chaftle Court,

...he installed several kinds of sumps, tubs

and an extremely large commercial meat freezer.

By 1948, he turned up in

Canada... still as Dr. Belasco...

...and further checking, he made his

presence known in almost every place...

...along the US-Canadian Border where rioting and

violence and a number of dead bodies were found.

We believe he left Canada

for Vegas on April 19th,

...under the name of

Detective-Constable Allen Hensley.

Now because of his British citizenship,

he is an international fugitive.

So my people are very interested in him.

This is no longer just a local matter.

Gentlemen...

The one constant that has shown

up in all of our reports is...

That Skorzeny's travels have always been

accompanied by a number of unexplained killings.

Many of which have one thing in common:

...a massive loss of blood.

So-if Skorzeny is not the vampire

of Mr. Kolchak's theories...

...he is certainly the suspect of multiple

homicides extending back some 30 years.

Mr. Jenks, you seem to

be running this show...

...could I have a

moment to say something?

- Mr. Kolchak you have the floor...

- Kolchak!

...now you keep it short.

Now I was at the hospital yesterday,

...and a lot of things were happening

that you simply cannot explain away.

Sheriff, your own men shot at

him- - some at point blank range...

...how come it didn't

even slow him down?

How come a man over 70 years

old can outrun a police car?

How come the same man, when slugged

in the head, doesn't even bleed?

Now I saw those gashes in his head...

...and whatever it was that was

trickling down from those wounds...

...it was CLEAR!

This guys a motormouth.

Can't we shut him up?

No. Let him hang himself.

Then we'll finally be rid of him.

So far he has killed

4, probably 5 women.

Now the coroner said that

those bite marks on the throat

...were made by human teeth.

He practically confirmed the fact

that he actually drank their blood.

Now, now, now... now wait...

Whatever this Skorzeny may be,

He seemed to be functioning

as if he were a vampire.

Now you can go on operating

as if he were an ordinary man.

That's up to you.

But I know that the only way

you're going to get him...

...is if you proceed under the

assumption that he's a real, live vampire.

Wait a minute, Kolchak-

- have you lost your mind?

Can you imagine the total blind

panic this town would be in...

...if the public were told that we

were actually looking for a vampire?

...not to mention the irreparable damage it

would do to the image of law enforcement in Vegas.

Ah, that's what it's all

about, isn't it? That's it!

Boy, I really can't believe that you

guys are so afraid of appearing stupid,

...that you'll ignore the only

possible way of nailing him!

You listen, Kolchak,

and you listen good!

We'll handle this by ourselves, and

without undue public observation.

No undue public observation?

You've blown it already!

Look, look here. Look what's

appeared in my paper today.

People are gonna be calling

for a grand jury investigation!

You can't stop the rumors forever!

SIT DOWN!

I don't care what's been

printed in the newspapers.

This man is still classified

as an ORDINARY maniac...

...and he'll be settled by

standard police procedures.

Oh boy.

And you'd better start cooperating

with that fact, Kolchak,

...or you're gonna get your

pushy-tushy kicked right outta town!

You dig?

Yes. I dig.

But just remember the next time

you blow it-who's got the answers.

Sir.

Alright, Ed.

Let's get on with it. What've you got?

All of two departments combined, with 650 men onfull

- time duty...

All leaves are cancelled, and

everyone's working a 16 hour day.

Our chopper is going from dusk til dawn.

We've got unmarked cars patrolling

the casino center and the strip.

All roads are blocked,

and we're receiving

...complete cooperation from the

highway patrol and the jeep posse.

- Ya got it?

- Got it.

Repeat.

What'd I say?

Show every real estate agent in town

the picture of this guy's puss...

...and ask them if they sold a

house to anybody that looks like him!

Good boy. Ya got it. Now get going.

Now wait a minute. Wait til

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